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♂ John Gillies
aliasJohn Gillies
Record
23051 · 5138

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Ontario 1 0 1
Total 4 1 5
Birth c. 1837 → 187 years ago
Lived ± 52 years
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age ± 35 years
Death 10 December 1889 → 134 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 11 months after 27 December 1886
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 10 27
Ontario 3 9 29 Z
TOTAL 13 8 26

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Alexander McNeill  m 
⊖ Alexander Sproat  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James Rowand  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,925 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18518(F) — 25 Jun 2023 15:19 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±35
LIB
 1/2 974 50.60% +23 Loser:
CONS
 951 49.40% Alexander Sproat
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 ±36
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18750(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±37
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,180 Votes: 3,340 Participation: 79.90% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19036(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±41
LIB
 1/2 1,705 52.40% +156 Loser:
CONS
 1,549 47.60% Alexander Sproat

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,412 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19232(F) — 28 Nov 2021 15:16 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±45
LIB
 2/2 1,162 48.18% -88 Winner:
LC
 1,250 51.82% Alexander McNeill
Eligible: 5,091 Votes: 2,252 Participation: 44.23% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32948(F) — 24 Sep 2023 13:37 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±46
ILIB
 1/2 1,186 52.66% +120 Loser:
LIB
 1,066 47.34% James Rowand

Service: 3 years 10 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,938 Votes: 3,374 Participation: 68.33% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33137(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±49		 Successor:
LC
 1,738 51.77% John W.S. Biggar

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Gillies		 08 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Gillies		 08 Aug 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Gillies, M.P.		 08 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Gillies, député		 08 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Gillies (Canadian politician)		 08 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Aug 2023 23:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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